MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR

Team

Lg

G

GS

IP

W

L

SV

H

BB

SO

HR

PPF

H/9

BB/9

HR/9

K/9

GB%

BABIP

WHIP

FIP

ERA

cFIP

DRA

DRA-

WARP

2016

LAN

MLB

22

14

100.0

5

9

0

96

30

74

10

92

8.6

2.7

0.9

6.7

52%

.283

1.26

3.93

3.96

90

3.28

72.5

2.3

2017

LAN

MLB

49

2

74.3

3

5

2

69

19

74

10

92

8.4

2.3

1.2

9.0

51%

.294

1.18

3.69

3.75

85

3.23

68.8

1.6

2018

LAN

MLB

33

21

122.0

8

6

0

123

22

136

18

99

9.1

1.6

1.3

10.0

47%

.322

1.19

3.37

3.02

76

2.94

65.6

3.3

2019

LAN

MLB

12

6

39.3

2

2

0

33

11

37

4

84

7.6

2.5

0.9

8.5

48%

.274

1.12

3.55

3.20

89

3.33

71.3

1.0

Career

MLB

116

43

335.7

18

22

2

321

82

321

42

94

8.6

2.2

1.1

8.6

50%

.298

1.20

3.63

3.49

84

3.15

69.1

8.1

Statistics for All Levels

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BP Annual Player Comments

Year

Comment

2019

Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).

2018

Stripling got kind of lost in the mix there for a while, despite always being a pretty consistently interesting pitching prospect. Tommy John'll do that to a man. Before going under the knife, he'd been twice drafted in the top nine rounds, even peeking into the team's top-ten prospect list back in 2014. After logging a second straight season of 70-plus innings in the bigs, it's safe to say he's found his niche. He can really spin the ball, with two bending secondaries that worked to flummox left-handed hitters more than righties. He missed his share of barrels, coaxing a solid rate of grounders alongside ample weak contact in the air. Dingers took a bite out of his numbers, but overall it was a stellar effort providing swing value through the middle frames. Getting those innings homegrown and cheap is a must for any team, even one with pockets as deep as the Dodgers, and Stripling figures to see more opportunity in the role while arbitration remains a figment of future days.

2017

There's nothing like a first impression. Stripling seeped into the collective consciousness of Dodgers fans when plans A, B and C for the fifth-starter spot tanked. He showed up on April 8 for his first major-league start and proceeded to throw 7 1/3 hitless innings. Nothing like putting your rookie manager in a bind immediately. Stripling was pulled after allowing a baserunner who came around to score, and the Dodgers ultimately lost the game. His pitches are plain yogurt: an entirely competent and utterly bland mixture that can fill a void when needed. He's a fine back-end/sixth-starter option who should be able to shoulder a bigger workload as his Tommy John surgery drifts further into the rearview.

2016

Stripling missed all of 2014 and half of 2015 thanks to Tommy John surgery and its laborious recovery process. He allowed 12 runs in his first four Double-A starts after resurfacing in June, but allowed just 17 runs in nine starts thereafter. Upside was never the draw with Stripling, but given how many of his fellow Dodgers starting prospects have washed out or moved to the bullpen, his 2013 emergence as a potential back-end arm is more meaningful than you might think. This season should give us a better indication of whether the right-hander will be worth the wait or if this has just been one big Stripling-tease.

2015

The Dodgers' 2014 search for starting-pitcher depth wouldn't have been so arduous if Stripling hadn't suffered a torn UCL in spring training. The 2012 fifth-rounder underwent Tommy John surgery and could be back by the middle of 2015, but the Dodgers could have really used him last year, given their loss of confidence in Zach Lee. Before the injury, Stripling featured a low-90s fastball, a curveball that flashed plus potential, a solid changeup and a developing slider, giving him the ceiling of a middle-of-the-rotation starter. The mix of pitches and lack of overwhelming top-line stuff means that he may actually project better as a starter than a reliever. Of course, he has to come back healthy to reach that ceiling, and we say it every year: Tommy John surgery feels like a sure thing these days, but it's not.

2014

Ross Stripling breezed through the California League gantlet and continued to utilize his deft pitch command and budding velocity to silence bats after a promotion to the Southern League, thereby upping the price on his prospect ceiling.

BP Articles

BP Chats

Dude, how'd they let you sneak in here with an actual current baseball question? When you see someone who's changed a lot, you have to ask, (1) what's changed and (2) is it sustainable. For Stripling, we're looking for nearly 2 more whiffs per nine, 0.7 fewer BB/9, and 0.4 fewer HR/9. What *hasn't* changed is is GB%, and his BABIP is a bit *higher.* So it's probably something to with his pitches. He's throwing his change a bit more, his slider a bit less, and that help; he's gotten a lot of whiffs and weak contact off the change. His curve has been fantastic; 17% whiff rate, almost no slug at all on contact (.152). My hesitation in calling him for real is a matter of workload. He pitched 74 1/3 last year, 100 the year before. He's already at 60, and he's had only 8 starts. I'd be surprised if he can keep up this sort of pace come September. But come September, the Dodgers will have fresh arms coming off their rotating DL, so it may not make a difference to the club. He's always had the potential to be a good pitcher. Great as this, though? Probably not sustainable. (Rob Mains)

I haven't heard much about Ross Stripling. What are your thoughts on him? Thanks!(Jim from Detroit)

Nothing about Stripling blows you away when you watch him pitch, but he's a quality arm. Solid-average fastball, decent secondary pitches, good control, more of a back-end starter projection. (Mark Anderson)